Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-22

BROWN AND KNIGHT CAPTURING A PIG.
 lon; time to see if anybody came, and as none guard, and I climbed down tho wide outside chimney and found nothing inside but two ears lcl al made up ready for person to get in. l tr,'c Cown the covers and found a rifle and all , furniture but powder; and as there was none ci t.lot cid not care to take it.. But carried "a tgso COTS of corn out of the chimney with me. Tlc"e vas fire in some of the stumps on the
 anH M we roasted the th eofn nr ana t fhat was was ~;,,"r ;>n camped for tho night.
 re nc%t morning continued down the r,. .. making, good progress, for now the trail
 v' t,cr when suddenly, around a sharp bend, ". no to q large house with two men sitting
 n ,h porch. We concluded to go up to them and ask how far it was to Cleveland, and maybe we could get something to eat When we halle l and asked one of the men came down to us and told us it was sixty miles. Then we asked for some dinner, telling him that sick sol diers. He said we could have some dinner, but for his part he was opposed to the war. We were, too!
 We got to some water and some soap, which | dinner was ready. There were two ladies' one of the kind that do q good deal of thinking, and at the table, she said she wished the Yankees would get there that they could get some Lin coin coffee Then I said that wished so, too. Then she accused us directly of being Yankees ourselves, and concluded that those two men could not arrest us anyway, we said that we called ''engine thieves" They had all heard of that raid, and made us welcome indeed! were willing if we could be secreted somewhere They told us that they could hide us where the first great rebel'' could not find told them that was just where wanted to go
 We had Q good time, being kept in the back l room during the afternoon. They put large 1 dog out on picket and we told them army stories and sung songs till dark. Finally the dog parked and then stopped. They told us not to be un- easy, as the dogs master was coming. They told m Ivh in he bac ho came in and took us by the hands, and laughed and cried, and told us some hard tales about his It was settled that should stay for a l few days. A large basket of grub was prepared, ing, made ready a large torch. We were to fol l low short distance behind, with quilts and pro- | visions. We first went down the river, and then l turned up the mountain and went up up till I 1 thought would never get to the top. We turned into another ravne and again went up, up till we came to solid wall across our ravine down and barred the passage. Our guide turned little to the left and among % E. the bushes h he got | in. He entered with his torch and we followed. There good sized room ID the cave, and he said we could have all the fire we wanted, and l halo as loud pleased without danger. It did look if the Evil One would have quite 0 signs and % promised to come again, and left us to enjoy our good fortune alone. We began to eat
 the provisions brought along, and continued till | it was nearly gone. We would eat and lie down,
 but get hungry again before going to sleep and l eat some more. Finally we quit lest our friend should not come back in time; but he did, and
 brought plenty of food with him.
 l For five days we were fed and rested in this | safe retreat then our kind friend took us down 1 again to the river and gave guide whom we | followed over the mountains. After a long time l I noticed light in the woods and that he was
 making for it. There we found an old house
 standing alone and surrounded by the forests | When we got to the door my guide opened it.
 and to my surprise it was full of men. They told | us to come in, for we were among friends. We
 had good handshake all around, and then one | old man asked us if we had any money. We told
 him we had not. He said that our looks showed
 that we had no clothes, and turning to the com
 pany he said, i've must get them clothes and
 money, for men cannot travel without them. T night, and were then given suit of clothes (his
 was the first they had received since leaving the Union armv) and S10 each and guide who was
 to receive $50 for taking three nights journey l This placed across the Tennessee river l when we were sent with instructions from ont house to another.
 This comparatively easy travelling, ant
 we passed rapidly and safely on till we reached
 our own lines. We had spent forty-seven day ; and nights passing over some of the roughes
 country that ever laid out of doors! ) The rough and simple language of thi. ) sketch covers truly heroic achievement
 The devotion to their sick comrade, wht was, in spite of all, returned to us il
 prison, and gave an account of their ad
 ventures that far, led to their singula battle with the hounds and the still mor terrible race in which they escaped iron
 horsemen and dogs,